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2017 Hyperacusis Research Benefit Dinner
Our third Hyperacusis Research fundraising dinner will take place in Milton on Saturday, October 21, 2017. “Better Choices to Manage Everyday Noise” will be the featured presentation with Xiying Guan, of Eaton-Peabody Laboratories and Dan Gauger, of Bose Corporation.
Hyperacusis: A focus area for University of Iowa Conference
Hyperacusis Research president Bryan Pollard spoke to doctors and audiologists at the University of Iowa’s 25th Annual International Conference on the Management of the Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Patient. The topic of Bryan’s talk was “What’s life really like with...
2017 Emerging Research Grants Announced!
Along with our partner, the Hearing Health Foundation, we are excited to announce our Emerging Research Grants for 2017. These grants demonstrate our continued commitment to uncover the mechanisms associated with hyperacusis on our path to a cure.
Our Partnership with Hearing Health Foundation Grows
At the 2017 Association of Research for Otolaryngology Conference, Bryan Pollard, President of Hyperacusis Research, and Amanda Lauer, a Scientific Advisor to Hyperacusis Research, met with Nadine Deghan, CEO of the Hearing Health Foundation (HHF).
I Would Rather Lose My Teeth Than Have Hyperacusis
I loved my career as a registered dental hygienist. It was very rewarding and I loved my patients. My days were filled with the piercing whine of dental equipment, with my head positioned just inches from the motorized whirr. I never thought twice about the noise....
2017 ARO Collaboration Meetings
Hyperacusis Research was excited to participate in the Association for Research in Otolaryngology’s Midwinter Meeting for the fifth consecutive year. The conference brought together more than a thousand of the world’s top otolaryngology researchers.
2017 ARO Event – Next Steps for Hyperacusis
Hyperacusis Research sponsored an exciting event at the 2017 ARO Midwinter Research Meeting. The roundtable meeting, which included 41 attendees, focused on defining the key next steps for researching hyperacusis to uncover the mechanism and find a cure.
A jaw injury made every sound torture for this model
Katrina Caro's hyperacusis developed after a blow to the face. The sobering story of her injury and its aftermath is told in the New York Post. Katrina was working as a nightclub waitress when she was punched in the jaw. What appeared to be a dental injury turned out...
Hyperacusis Research Tours Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
Bryan Pollard, President of Hyperacusis Research, was recently given a tour of research labs at Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary which is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and world-renowned research center. The research overview was led by Heidi Nakajima